Card-case.



No. 633,006. Patented Sept. l2, I899. P. HUFELAND.

CARD CASE.

(Application filed June 14, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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CARD-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,006, datedSeptember 12, 1899. Application filed June 14,1899. Serial No. 720,570.No model.)

To (bZZ/ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP I-IUFELAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the borough of Manhattan, in the county andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inCard-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what may conveniently be styled a singlecard-case or a card-case which allows but one card at a time to bewithdrawn or started, and the contents or cards in the case are at thesame time kept clean or protected against handling, as 'set forth in thefollowing specification and claims, and illustrated in the annexeddrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case. Fig. 2is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central section along mm, Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a transverse section along y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectionalong .2' .2', Fig. 2, Fig. 6 is a view like Fig. 3, showing the topcard started.

The case or receptacle comprises a section with a bottom 1, front 2, andsides 3 closed. The top and rear are open or cut away. Another sectionhasthe top 4, sides 5, and back 6 closed. Here the bottom and front areopen or cut away. One section-say 4 6can be slid or pushed into theother, the sides 3 of this other section having the inwardly-projectingside flanges 7 for retaining section 4 6. Before being assembled aspring or pressure plate 8 and a set of cards 9 are placed in one of thesections, this spring tending to hold the top card to the top 4 and tofeed up 1 the pack as cards are successively taken off the top. Thefront 2 is somewhatlower than sides 3 to leave a slit or space betweenthis front and the top 4 sufficient for one card at a time to passthrough. In other words, the top card can be drawn off, while theunderlying cards are held or retained in the case.

. An ejector or starter is shown for moving or starting the top cardsufficiently far through the slit or over front 2, so that this top cardcanbe seized and withdrawn. The ejector comprises a plate or arm 10,pivoted at 11 and having a finger-button or thumb-piece 12 extendedthrough and adapted to travel in segmental slot 14 in top 4. As theejector or button 12 is moved toward front 2 the top card is started outover such front. When the button is released, the ejector isautomatic-ally returned to its normal or starting position at theback orrear of slot 14. A returningspring 15 is made to automatically returnthe starter. This spring can be conveniently coiled about pivot 11 andbraced against back 6. The ejector 10 is shown with a lip or shoulder16, which the spring can engage or press against to return the ejector.The pivot or pin 11 projects from top 4. The ejector is made to engagethe contents or cards in the receptacle and such contents are at thesame time protected against handling,

the slot 14 being so small or narrow as to prevent a hand or fingerpassing to the cards. Such receptacle thus keeps the cards clean and inpresentable shape. The ejector normally lies in a chamber at the end ofthe case opposite the end containing the card-delivery slot, and thechamber is created by a partition-plate 17 extending transversely of thecase at the inner end of the pack of cards when in the case. ends withflanges 1S, bent at right angles thereto and lying against the sides 5of the inner case-section which contains the slot 14 in its top wall.The cards 9 and spring cardpresser 6 prevent the partition shifting to-83 ward the card-delivery slot, while the flanges 18 retain it fixedwith relation to the back end wall 6 of the inner case-section. Alongitudinal recess 19 in the top edge of partition 17 allows thestarter to move over the 85 gages various parts of the card edge orface. 5

Should a part of the card be bent out of level or not properly gripped,another part of the card will be taken hold of by the starter as itmoves in a circular path in a plane parallel with the top and bottomWallsof the case-sec- Ioa tions.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A card-case composed of two sections The plate is formed at its Thestarter o slidable one within the other and having a card-delivery slotat one end, a pivot at the opposite end, a card'starter plate mounted onthe pivot, swinging in a circular path parallel with the top and bottomwalls and arranged to bear directly against the inner edge of theuppermost card to start it through the carddelivery slot, a slot in thetop wall, a fingerpiece passing through the latter slot and attached tothe card-starter plate, and a spring acting upon a part of said plate toswing it back to normal position after it has been swung forward tostart a card, substantially as described.

2. A card-case having a card-delivery slot at one end, a transversepartition-plate near its opposite end, to provide a chamber, a slot inits top wall, a pivot in said chamber, a cardstarter plate mounted onsaid pivot, swinging back and forth, in a circular path over thepartition-plate, in a plane parallel with the top and bottom walls andarranged to bear directly against the inner end of the uppermost card tostart it through the card-delivery slot, a finger-piece passing throughthe slot in the top wall and attached to the cardstarter plate, and aspring arranged in said partition-plate, in a plane parallel with thetop and bottom walls, and arranged to bear directly against the innerends of the upper most card to start it, a segmental slot formed in thetop wall over the partition, a fingerpiece extending through thesegmental slot and attached to the card-starter plate, and a springcoiled on said pivot in said chamber and bearing against thestarter-plate to swing it back to normal position after it has beenswung forward to start a card, substantially as described. v

4.. A card-case composed of two similar sections slidable one within theother and having a card-delivery slot at one end, a transverse partitionnear the opposite end to provide a chamber, a segmental slot formed inthe top wall over the partition, a pivot in said chamber, a card-starterplate mounted on the pivot, swinging over the partition in a planeparallel with the top and bottom walls and arranged to bear directlyagainst the uppermost card to start it through the card-delivery slot, afin ger-piece extending through the segmental slot and attached to thestarter-plate, and a spring coiled on the pivot in said chamber andacting against the starter-plate to swing it back to normal position 7after it has been swung forward to start a card, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

PHIL. HUFELAND.

\Vitnesses:

ADOLPH SELIKOWITZ, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

